cock
Example Sentences
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No one gets it wholly right, but you survey the field of your life and cock your head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Thomas’ conversational exchange about “trying to play these boys the new cock robin” – a cock robin reportedly being old English slang for “someone who’s easily persuaded to follow the will of another.”
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
Mercedes have moved their cock pit further back in their cars, as per requested by Lewis Hamilton.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2024
“What keeps them chasing perfection every time they cock their arm? Because they have ‘it.’
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
Once when I was very young, a magic dancer appeared in our courtyard, strutting like a cock and hissing like a snake.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
